This is a cover of the Simon & Garfunkel song "The Boxer" from the new Jerry Douglas album.
Douglas is a celebrated dobro player, and the album is chock-full of guest performers, who come in to sing and otherwise fill out the songs that feature his amazing slide/picking.
This track features the band Mumford & Sons, and yes, the distinctive vocals of Marcus Mumford are front and center.
The track is listed as "Jerry Douglas, featuring Mumford & Sons and Paul Simon."
Paul Simon?!? Where?
Give a listen. Can you pick out Simon's voice? Or his guitar?
Is it a little weird to have an iconic legend like Paul Simon on a track, promote that he's on the track, but then relegate him to a place where his imprint doesn't register?
Or is he there and I don't hear it?
Hear the album version on Youtube.
Hear a live version of "The Boxer" on Youtube.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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i want to write nothing but curses in comment to this post, not due to anything you've written, rather, as a reaction to paul simon's ghost vocals on the mumford cover. i literally purchased the album thinking the youtube circulation of the track was a one off from a live show. i've not listened to anything else on the album. i'll give marcus this, his voice is a legend among folk-pop/blue-pop artists these days but it is so cheeky to market the cover...i just want to curse.
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